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Philippine Pied Fantail

Rhipidura nigritorquis · Family Rhipiduridae

Rhipidura nigritorquis

Family Rhipiduridae

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Rhipiduridae
GBIF occurrence records
22,777
Countries and territories with records
2
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About this species

This species has 22,777 occurrence records from 2 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). The Philippines accounts for 99.9% of the records; no other country or territory reaches 1%. In the Philippines, this species accounts for 1.4% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Rhipidura nigritorquis combines the genus name Rhipidura with the species epithet nigritorquis. The Warbla app catalog lists 48 species of the genus Rhipidura; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Rhipidura leucophrys, Rhipidura albiscapa and Rhipidura fuliginosa.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 50 species of the family Rhipiduridae. This species ranks 10th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Rhipidura leucophrys. Its record count is 27.2% of the family average (83,685). The family Rhipiduridae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.

More birds in the family Rhipiduridae

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